AFP - There is a "strong possibility" an Afghan man facing execution for converting to Christianity will be freed Sunday after intervention by President Hamid Karzai, a senior government official said.

AFP - President Hamid Karzai has personally intervened in the case of an Afghan man facing execution for converting to Christianity, a top official has said, amid fierce criticism in the West.

Reuters - U.S. forces were involved in heavy fighting with Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan on Saturday but there was no immediate word on casualties, a provincial official said.

AP - The Afghan government faced heavy international pressure Friday to reconsider the charges against an Afghan man who faces a possible death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity — and reports emerged that the man might be freed soon.

AP - Christian lobby groups are urging President Bush to do more to save a man on trial in Afghanistan for converting from Islam to Christianity.

Reuters - Afghanistan faced increasing international pressure to resolve the case of a man who could face the death penalty for converting to Christianity, but many ordinary Afghans said he should be put on trial and punished.

AFP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice phoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to step up US pressure to free an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity.

AFP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice phoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to step up US pressure to free an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity.

AP - The militant Islamic group Hamas moved closer to controlling the Palestinian government Wednesday, calling a special session of parliament to approve its new Cabinet despite objections from President Mahmoud Abbas over its refusal to recognize Israel.

AP - An Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity may be mentally unfit to stand trial, a state prosecutor and presidential adviser said Wednesday.

The United States and other Western nations are protesting to the Afghan government over the case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. He could face the death penalty.

The United States is protesting to the Afghan government over the case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. The case led U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos to write a letter to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. "In a country where soldiers from all faiths, including Christianity, are dying in defense of your government, I find it outrageous that Mr. Rahman is being prosecuted and facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity," Lantos wrote.

The United States is protesting to the Afghan government over case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. The case led U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos to write a letter to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. "In a country where soldiers from all faiths, including Christianity, are dying in defense of your government, I find it outrageous that Mr. Rahman is being prosecuted and facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity," Lantos wrote.

AP - An Afghan man who allegedly converted from Islam to Christianity is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death, a judge said Sunday.

AFP - A German engineer went on trial accused of helping Libya's attempts to develop nuclear weapons using technology supplied through the smuggling network of the disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.

AFP - A German engineer was to go on trial accused of supplying Libya's now-abandoned nuclear weapons programme with technology through the smuggling network of the disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.

AFP - Indian President Abdul Kalam has left Myanmar after a four day trip in which he sealed a deal allowing his country to search for new ways to tap Myanmar's natural gas reserves.

AFP - Indian President Abdul Kalam arrived here on the first-ever visit by an Indian head of state to military-ruled Myanmar, aiming to improve business ties between the neighbors.

AFP - Indian President Abdul Kalam will leave for Myanmar for a two-day visit aimed at exploring energy ties and cooperation in satellite links, a foreign ministry official said.

AFP - Iraq's parliament is unlikely to open as Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi -- a Shiite -- had not yet signed the presidential council order to convene the new assembly, a top government official said Tuesday.